The Portland daily press., 1887-06-11

IdUS6lutut Vi tue guests WAS do lVhVNo.
Rev. Dr. Burrage,
DIR, Lapham, Judgesr M. Ray,
Ex-Gov. S. Perham, W. II. Smith.
Henry Deering, Oscar HOlway,
Lewis Pierce, H. ". Richardson,
Stephen Berry, 4. johnson.
Rev. Dr. Dalton, Hon, s. r. Humphrey,
Hon. VIM. Goold. Hon. Joseph Williamson,
Judge Haskell Abner Goodell.
Philip ii. Brown, Han, Hannibal Hamlin,
Rev. DIR. Fiske, Hon. j. w. bradbury,
James Z. Baxter, Prof. II. L. Chapman,
Hon. Cyrus Woodman, Hon. Charles Deane,
Judge Waterman Chief Justice J.APeters.
Gen. J. Nj. Brown, Hon. j. w. Symonds,
Hon. w. l.. Putnam, Hon, Lewis Barker,
E. III. Elwell, Hon. Geo. +. Talbot,
Hon. Marshall Cram, Dr. Levansaler,
j.. Ii. Cobb. Ex-Gov. Seldom Connor
Hon. c. II. libby Hon. Nathan CleaveS,
Hon L. L. Burnham, John M. Adams,
ii. W. Bryant.
The menu of the dinner was delicately
tinted two-page cdrd, and bore on the diverse
side:
MAINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Complimentary Dinner
TO
HON. JAMES WARE BRADBURY, LII d.,
[socie:y Sedi.l
on the
85th Anniversary ofhis Birthday,
1S03-June 1o-1887,
FALMOUTH HOTEL, PORTLAND,
6p.m.
On thC oCOOhQ pd5C was bAC HtCft~ PAOhNA,
which, while not elaborate in number of
dishes, embraced many delicacies, specially
imported for the occasion, perfectly cooked.
The service was such as has become marked
feature of this house. The following was
the menu:
Little Neck CLANS,
Clear Green Turtle Soup,
Boiled Penobscot Salmon Egg Sauce,
Small Potatoes; Asparagus. Cream Sauce.
Butter Beans. Green Peas.
Baked Mashea Potatoes:
enosTaU sweet n Brese ese w Pess sauce
Banana Fritters-Venetian Sauce.
Champagne Punch.
Broiled Spring Chicken.
Lettuce Salad.
| Fancy Assorted Cake
Neapolitan Ice Cream. Fruit.
| Coffee.
After the banquet had been duly enjoyed
Prof. Chapman called the assembly to order.
Mr.. Chapman said:
PROF. CHAPMANis REMARKS.
We have reached the point when we may
say with the genial Sir Hugh Evans in "The
Merry Wives" 81 will make an end of my
dinner; there's pippins and cheese to come" "
1t will be my pleasant duty to offer you pres
emily the pippins and cheese; but in the
meantime you will indulge me in word 0.
two concerning the motive of our gathering.
Under ordinary circumstances, and with al
most any other association of gentlemen, il
might, perhaps, be enough to say that a din
ner is its own Justification, and that, like
virtue, it is its own reward. We are proba-
bly, in frame of mind just now to admit the
element of truth in such plea. But it is
hardly adequate to this occasion. There is a
certain novelty about the event in which we
are engaged which allows. even If it does
not demand, word Of comment. During its
long and honorable career hitherto, the His.
torical Society, / believe, has never before
deliberately set down to what may be called
an official or corporate dinner. Its individu.
al members have appropriated such nourish
ment and even such delicacies, as came In
their way with proper diligence and thank
fulness it may be presumed, but without any
particular thought of their relation to thi'
Venerable body. Even when chance hal
thrown us together in the informal assoeia
tion of a basket picnic, we have still eater
es nnits and not as fractions, and each man
basket has been regarded as his magazine, |
NOT his castle. In certain limited sense
therefore, which does not in the least dis